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Creation, cháung-cô̤ gì-dâi.

Creator, cô̤-huá-ciō.

Creature, sĕng-ŭk; sêu cháung-cô̤ gì-nó̤h.

Credence, séng.

Credible, â̤-séng dék-guó.

Credit, belief, séng: on –, siă; siă-só: to have –, able to borrow, dò̤-dâe̤ng.

Creditable, kō̤-chṳ̄.

Creditor, cài-ciō.

Credulous, kĭng-séng.

Creek, puō; puō-giāng.

Creep, bà: – as plants, siòng: – about, as fleas, siòng-siòng-diōng: to climb the trellis frame, siòng-bàng: creeping sensation, mà-bé.

Creeper, siòng-dìng.

Crescent, – moon, mì-mò̤ nguŏk; ngò̤-mì nguŏ̤k.

Cress, water–, cūoi-óng-chái.

Crestfallen, sék-cé.

Crevice, póng.

Cricket, sék-sáuk: house –, cáu-giĕ.

Crime, cô̤i: to commit –, huâng-cô̤i.

Criminal, chìu-huâng; huâng-nè̤ng; chìu-nè̤ng.

Crimson, duâi-è̤ng.

Cringe, to fawn on, tiēng-mê.

Cripple, piāng-kă.

Crisis, cé-gĭk: a turn in disease, diōng-céng.

Crisp, sŭ.

Criticise, piĕ-pàng.

Crockery, hài-ké; cṳ̀-ké: foreign –, iòng-cṳ̀.

Crocodile, ngăuk-ngṳ̀.

Crooked, uăng; uăng-kuóh; uăng-chông: a crook in timber, siēng-bèng.

Crop, sĭu-sìng: a good –, hō̤-sĭu: fowl's –, giĕ-găi.